After a 30min talk with the HR recruiter, they asked for an exercise completed saying it should be completed within 2 hours. I was slightly surprised that they were asking for a case study even though I hadn't met a hiring manger. In hindsight this is a red flag I should have acknowledged. However, after I completed the exercise as quickly as possible, it took no less than 4 hours. I received no response after a week and had to follow up twice in order to receive a response. I received a very confused response saying I hadn't attached an exercise. I had in fact attached the exercise but she had forgotten to forward it to the hiring manager. After chasing a follow up for another week I then received a very obviously automated reply saying they were looking for a candidate with more experience. Very frustrating and both process and person had no respect for my time.

I found the vibe very bizarre and was left with a weird feeling after meeting the recruiter. It’s hard to explain, but basically this was not a conversation or a way to better know the candidate, and find out if we align, but rather a way to qualify/disqualify quickly. That’s such a bad first impression. I was glad it didn’t go further because I was already very disappointed and that first interview was a massive red flag. For example, The job is remote and straight away, even before introducing each other, the recruiter asked where I was based. I mean the info is in my cv, but I thought « ok, rude ». With questions like « on a scale from 0-10 how technical are you », « what do people find difficult working with you », and very quickly a question about « how late I can work ». I mean, we work in sales so obviously we have high pressure and busier periods from time to time. But if you want to know if I will accept to be your slave… the answer is no. Overall the solution seem great, but that interview was so off.